Eric Sink on the Business of Software

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Having started out as a one man business for years and the new name for this type of business many of us programmers are involved in "The Micro ISV" Eric Sink discusses his analysis of the Micro ISV. Eric provides great advice on project management and project "selection" among other business lessons learned from his years prior to and including his company "SourceGear" who creates the fantastic SourceGear Vault Source Code Control system.​

I have to say though, I was looking for answers, for guidance, for ways to break out of the Micro ISV world but didn't quite find it. This was more along the lines of a Bio of Eric Sink, in extreme generality, and his years of trying to find his niche in the market and build a business. There are certainly great lessons learned in this book, however, I guess I expected different. I e-mailed Eric and shared my dilemma's, now employing 4 sub-contractors to complement my business which is growing beyond my abilities now. My request was maybe the next edition of this book to help us educate what happens "after the Micro ISV." In my experience, I believe a Micro ISV starts out as a single developer owner, ventures to sub-contractors, then to employees! However, I digress, and back to the book review! It's a good read, I can't say it's earning 5 starts (our of 5) today, I'd give it more of a 3 stars rating. There are other books on the topic of Micro ISV, however, unless I read a description that talks about "growing your Micro ISV" or "outgrowing your Micro ISV" I probably won't venture for another book along this line again.​